A national tribunal is to consider minimum safety standards for Australian petrol tankers, after nationwide research revealed 1 in 4 tanker drivers were pressured to speed and 1 in 2 drivers reported inadequate brake inspections. ...
Indulge in a fashion rendezvous this season with ELLE French Fashion Wear's new collection now available at stores across the country. This season is all about drama, color and comfort and being true to its Parisian roots, the line ...
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An explosion Wednesday at Williams' 1.5-Bcf/d Opal Processing Plant in Wyoming was continuing to significantly cut into Rockies flows Thursday and helped lift Western spot gas and forwards prices. Prior to the incident, Opal plant ...
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The Government of Uzbekistan has invited Bangladeshi entrepreneurs to invest in the textile sector in Uzbekistan. During a meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, the visiting Uzbek Minister for Foreign Economic ...
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The machine produces over 80,000 tons of high quality, white kraft paper, traded under the name of Staarkraft. Werner Hartmann, managing director of Starkraft, said: "We are pleased that the new paper machine is running very smoothly and ...
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Cytec Industries Inc. announced net earnings for the first quarter of 2014 of $55.9 million or $1.52 per diluted share on net sales of $489 million. Included in the quarter for continuing operations is a special item in the amount of $3.8 ...
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Russia-based pipe producing company United Metallurgical Company (OMK) has stated that its subsidiary Vyksa Steel Works has started producing large diameter (LD) pipes for the first offshore section of the South Stream gas pipeline. ...
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The Supreme Court of India has lifted the iron ore mining ban in the Indian state of Goa, with an upper limit of 20 million mt per year, according to media reports. An expert panel is expected to submit a report within six weeks ...
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Recently, the largest semitrailer trucks order of CIMC Lingyu in 2014, 100 40-stere trucks for powder material, has began its delivery. The customer is Fuhe Logistics Company of Sichuan Esheng Cement Group, an old customer of CIMC Lingyu ...
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On April 16, 2014, the delivery ceremony of XCQC 10,000th heavy truck took place in Shijiazhuang, witnessed by 200-plus people from XCQC, Weichai Power, Fast, Hande, Hebei Fushan Motor Transport, Hebei Jingye Logistics, Shaanxi Auto and the ...
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Transport Certification Australia (TCA) and Trafikverket (Swedish Transport Administration) have announced, at this week's inaugural meeting of the new OECD Workshop for High Capacity Vehicles in Paris, that the operational pilot of the ...
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From a zipper-like wound closure device that can be peeled off at home to a telemedicine robot, there are plenty of ingenious devices included as finalists in this year's Medical Design Excellence Awards. It is worth noting, however, that ...
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Malaysia has approved a 20% increase in natural gas prices for industrial and commercial sectors in the west of the country, effective May 1, in order to reflect the cost of procuring more expensive imported LNG. Domestic natural gas ...
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Canada's total crude oil output is expected to reach 3.9 million b/d in 2015, some 500,000 b/d more than the current output, driven primarily by small in-situ oil sands developments, each typically 35,000-40,000 b/d, an industry official ...
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Two members of the Furniture Industry Sustainability Programme (FISP) have been selected as winner and runner up of the prestigious Sustainability Award for the furniture industry. Premiere Furniture has been announced as the winner of ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing